Hi,
I'm using integer IDs for primary keys in my tables. What if I would use varchar fields instead? Will I lose performance in that case, especially for big tables? Will joins still work as fast as they do for the integer column. In my case I have a table TBL_BANK ( BANK_ID int, BIC varchar(11), ... ) So what will happen if I switch the PK to BIC in that case? I would change the FKs to BIC too. I don't know how the index keys are build and stored in firebird. So I cannot say this way is faster than the other one. But maybe someone else can do. Regards Martin
